allograft
— Noun
– English
~ tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
allograph
— Noun
– English
~ a signature written by one person for another
allograph
— Noun
– English
~ a variant form of a grapheme, as `m' or `M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme
allographic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to an allograph
allomerism
— Noun
– English
~ (chemistry) variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form
allomerous
— Adjective
– English
~ pertaining to allomerism
allometric
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or marked by allometry
allometry
— Noun
– English
~ the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole
allomorph
— Noun
– English
~ any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite"
allomorph
— Noun
– English
~ a variant phonological representation of a morpheme; "the final sounds of `bets' and `beds' and `horses' and `oxen' are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme"
allomorphic
— Adjective
– English
~ pertaining to allomorphs
allopathic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to the practice of allopathy; "allopathic remedies"
allopathy
— Noun
– English
~ the usual method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects differing from those produced by the disease itself
allopatric
— Adjective
– English
~ (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another
allopatry
— Noun
– English
~ the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap
allophone
— Noun
– English
~ (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
allophonic
— Adjective
– English
~ pertaining to allophones
allopurinol
— Noun
– English
~ a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid
allosaur
— Noun
– English
~ late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus
allosaurus
— Noun
– English
~ late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus